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   From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   On 2014-03-15, Lewis  wrote:   
   > In message    
   >>   
   >> Motorcycle death rates are increasing, despite bike sales dropping and   
   >> modern bikes having generally much better brakes and handling   
   >> (particularly heavy cruisers) compared to the past.  Anyone want to   
   >> guess why that is?   
   >   
   > Around here its because motorcyclists drive like fucking assholes at   
   > excessive speeds.   
   >   
   > Yesterday--No, it was Thur, I was waiting on a on-ramp for the   
   > traffic-control light. Two lines of cars waiting. A motorcycle came   
   > zipping down between the cars at 30-40mph and then barreled down the   
   > shoulder of the highway, easily hitting 80mph. This was a high-traffic   
   > "rush hour" were the average speed on the highway was about 30mph.   
   >   
   > This sort of thing happens regularly.   
      
   Some of the more foolish posters around here would probably claim that   
   it wasn't the cyclist at fault here, but all of the cars who were   
   clearly in the wrong for blindly obeying an illegal light and slowing   
   the cyclist down. Faster traffic is "prevailing" traffic, donchaknow!   
      
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